Canon Cannot Keep Screwing It's Customers Over

[brett b]

you must start to pay tax like  other countries and  and not live on borrowed money.
take a look at your debt. (what  has  this to do with the subject in this thread?)

What country pays a tax and to whom do they pay this to???  Agree with you on the borrowed money part if you are referring to the US.  The US is hedging off inflation (among other things), and has been since Greenspan, to the point that within 2-3 years the initial price of the 5D3 at $3499 could seem like a bargain...

I think you understand what I meant, another words maybe  can cause even more problems for you, solidarity, free health care, free schools/universities. fair society , stop freeload on the earth's resources ,Kyoto Protocol, live over the assets  etc etc etc . Have a nice day  and take some nice pictures.

Since we are getting political...I don't disagree. In the U.S. 25% of all corporations with 500+ employees pay $ZERO in taxes. I would like to know when this became acceptable.

[well_dunno]

A bit of exchange rate info:

1 € was in average 102.6 JPY in 2012. 2013 YTD average is 114.7 which is app 11% higher.
1 US$ was in average 79.8 JPY in 2012. 2013 YTD average is 87.4 which is app 9.5% higher.
1 £ was in average 126.5 JPY in 2012 and 2013 YTD average is 141 which, again, is app 11% higher (http://www.oanda.com/currency/average)

If the trend holds, do we see the Canon prices drop or remain at the same levels? Any experiences from the past?

Cheers!